POâ€™s Post Game Points - 3/1

by Master Po on Mar 1, 2007 7:43 AM EST in Boston Celtics Games

â€œSomething for Everyoneâ€

Are you a Tanker Deluxe? Are you a â€œI like to Win babyâ€ Are you a Danny Ainge Lover? Hater? Are you Doc Lover? (are there any?) Hater? Are you a Optimist? A Pessimist? Last nightâ€™s game had it all for you no matter what you are.

Here you go Celtic Fans off all kinds

Tankers

We won our second in a row, but yet we are barely ahead of the Grizz for last stinking place.

Our offense is still so stagnant that if it were a pond, there would be scum on it, so the losing will continue on most nights.

We still canâ€™t hold a lead, play good against a zone and barely won this game after being up by 23 in the first half.

â€œI Like to Winâ€ Fans

2 in a row on a season like this feels almost like playoff victory. The players have to feel better and I am happy for that.

We held on for a victory despite a 2nd half meltdown.

If you are going to beat someone then Zeke and the Knicks are a pretty good choice.

Danny Ainge Lovers

Gerald Green looks more and more like a good decision on draft night. The shot is impressive, and he was huge in the 4th quarter hitting plenty of shots. 21 Points and 4-6 from behind the arc. He helped break the zone.

Al Jefferson is our new hero, and Danny didnâ€™t pull the trigger and ship him off when it seemed he would. Al Jefferson played a very very good game. Hat Tip to Al on 9 rebounds,Â 26 points and great poise and passing.

Danny Ainge Haters

Scalabrine looked pretty good for about 18 minutes as he channeled Matt Bonner again. In the last 18 minutes however I wondered (again) what in the world Danny was thinking when he signed him. 36 minutes of play and not one rebound as your forward????

Players like Kandi Man, Wally, and Theo are nowhere to be found and Telfair registers another DNP and nobody really cares or notices. Danny nice bench roster you assembled of veterans.

Doc Lover(s)

He was smart enough to not to play Wally while injured (oh wait Wally wasnâ€™t in uniform)

He used good timeouts to prevent us from losing the entire lead? ( uhhhhh Nope)
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Sorry I canâ€™t think of anything. Next!!!

Doc Haters

Fill this in yourself, but my favorite â€œhateâ€ this morning on Doc is that he did not play Po(we) again after two games earlier spouting off to the media that he was going to play him more!!!! Donâ€™t scratch your head PO(we), he makes sense to no one that I can tell.

OptimistÂ Â

We show signs (again) that we have some real talent, and yet a coach to lead us to the lottery and a great pick despite this talent â€" itâ€™s all good in that regard.

Pessimist

We might actually get really lucky enough, despite our coach, to get on a win streak and pull us out of the nose dive into the a pile of ping pong balls. This would mean the coach stays? Ughhh.

Anyway, I enjoyed the win and the reaction of the players who work so hard not to lose.

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You forgot to mention Jefferson.

by Wide Load on Mar 1, 2007 9:56 AM EST reply actions

see 2nd paragraph under Ainge Lovers

by Jeff Clark on Mar 1, 2007 10:02 AM EST reply actions

I have never seen a worse rebounder than Scalabrine. It’s as if he has some reverse magnetism that causes the ball to avoid him. Can’t wait until Oden replaces him in the starting line-up (please, Please, PLEASE).

by Eeyore III on Mar 1, 2007 10:02 AM EST reply actions

I know I’m on an island hoping they put a streak of wins together.
I feel that winning will develop the players better than losing.
Reading Jackie’s old article this AM reminds me that a 50% shot at the #1 or 2 pick is just that, 50%. And with the C’s luck lately, they won’t get it. I’d rather they win, win, win. I’d rather see Gerald & Co. smiling at the end of a game than taking off his head bands, shoulders slumped, tired and broken.

by mcpu40 on Mar 1, 2007 10:03 AM EST reply actions

Despite my poor grammar and tyPO’s, Al Jefferson is mentioned. I sang his praises.

by Master Po on Mar 1, 2007 10:04 AM EST reply actions

Yes, stillaceltsfan, they are…though I question the choice of word ‘earn’. By losing, they should earn nothing.

by mcpu40 on Mar 1, 2007 10:27 AM EST reply actions

Guys don’t forget what a healthy Tony Allen would have meant along side Jefferson, Green and Pierce….not that Tony is close to them, but the energy he brought and the mental toughness which this team needs

Our future is very bright believe it or not…..Everyone has to believe that going into next season that our core of young players along with who we pick up in a trade and the draft will be positive.

The area for me is what will happen to Wally? will he be traded or will he sit around for another season hurt.

Stillaceltsfan,

This team is good and add that top pick to this team and we are heading in the right direction.

Jefferson and Green should us a look of the future against the Knicks

by Ancient Red on Mar 1, 2007 11:02 AM EST reply actions

If Gerald Green starts to play with a little consistency, this team is going to win between 20-25 games. They will probably finish ahead of Memphis with the second worst record, which reduces their odds of getting one of the top two picks from roughly 50% to roughly 40%. I can live with that, especially since I appear to be alone on this board in believing that David Stern allocates special players like Oden according to his view of what’s best for the league. So please let’s all root for the Nets, Heat and Knicks to make the playoffs.

Also, contrary to popular opinion, this is not a two player draft. There are plenty of good players, and an excellent passing big man like Spencer Hawes may be a better fit for this team than Oden or Durant. They say Hawes doesn’t rebound, but Brockman is the rebounder on that team, just as Jefferson will be on the Celtics.

I watched the second half to the Euroleague playoff game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Tau Ceramica, and my boy Splitter looked pretty good. He is a more skilled player than Kendrick Perkins, that’s for sure.

The other huge need is a 6-8, 6-9 forward who can defend. I mean REALLY defend. Deng, Marion or AK-47 would be a perfect fit for this team, but if they can’t trade for one of those guys, I think that Julian Wright is going to be a poor man’s Pippen, and he should be available with pick #4 or #5.

by Brickowski on Mar 1, 2007 11:04 AM EST reply actions

I agree, Brick. What about Gerald Wallace? I think he would fit on the Cs pretty well too, especially if Tony struggles to come back. Wallace is a free agent after this season.

by Bankshot on Mar 1, 2007 11:09 AM EST reply actions

Gerald Wallace is only 6-6. I want a guy who can defend both forward positions. Another guy who I see as a perfect fit in Boston is Boris Diaw.

Just think, if they hadn’t had that ridiculous fixation with Marcus Banks in the 2003 draft, we could have had Boris Diaw and Josh Howard (or David West or Leahdhrino Barbosa) instead of Banks and Perkins. Then they could have traded up to grab Mo Williams in the second round.

I don’t think any team in history has made worse personnel moves than the Celtics from 2001-2003.

In 2001 the Celtics drafted Kedrick Brown and Joe Forte with picks 12 and 23. They could have had Richard Jefferson, Zach Randolph, Tony Parker, Gilbert Arenas, Jamal Tinsley or Mehmet Okur.

In 2002 they traded away Joe Johnson, their only decent pick in 2001, for Delk and Rodgers, but even worse, they traded away their 2002 first round pick. Phoenix used that pick to select Casey Jacobson, but Tayshaun Prince, Nenad Krstic and Carlos Boozer were all available.

And then there was Vin Baker. Oh my God.

by Brickowski on Mar 1, 2007 11:34 AM EST reply actions

Like Tony can defend the 1, 2 and 3, Wallace can defend the 3, 4, and 5. He is not that tall, but his athletic ability makes up for it (like Ben Wallace). He is just a taller version of Tony Allen imo.

by Bankshot on Mar 1, 2007 11:37 AM EST reply actions

Oh, and Gerald Wallace is 6’7", not 6’6.

by Bankshot on Mar 1, 2007 11:38 AM EST reply actions

Well then, if they can get Gerald Wallace with the MLE or engineer a sign and trade, go for it.

by Brickowski on Mar 1, 2007 12:01 PM EST reply actions

Any time we beat the Knicks it is a great win. But it was only the Knicks, only one game. Saturday & Sunday will show just how much progress we have made while Pierce was out. At times we looked great on defense and offense last night (surely this is not a Doc River’s coached team). Doc blew the 23 point lead and I too, as others have commented elsewhere, nearly had a heart attack when he pulled Rondo and but West back into the game midway through the 4th. But it worked and we won. Just proves that even a blind dog gets lucky once in awhile.

by scndtony on Mar 1, 2007 1:48 PM EST reply actions